We crown the final Caribbean League champion.

VENEZUELAN WINTER LEAGUE

ANZOATEGUI 8, MAGALLANES 3 IN MAGALLANES

Anzoategui:  Jose Castillo was 4-for-6 with a run and two RBIs.  Oscar Salazar was 2-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring once.  Jairo Diaz (Angels) pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Magallanes:  Endy Chavez was 2-for-5 with a home run.  Henry Alejandro Rodriguez was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Chris Leroux struck out five in four innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks.  Magallanes used eleven pitchers in the game, ten of them in the final five innings.

The game:  A two-run error put Magallanes ahead 3-1 after five.  It was still 3-1 after six, but in the seventh, Alexi Amarista (San Diego) hit a run-scoring double and Gorkys Hernandez (Pittsburgh) had a two-run single to give Anzoategui a 4-3 lead.  In the ninth, Jose Gil hit a two-run homer and Castillo contributed a two-run single to put the game out of reach.

Series status:  Anzoategui wins the best-of-seven series four games to one.